The attached pics were provided to me by my good friend Hank Hendrickson (he's on the left). Hank was a pilot with the 92nd BG/327th Sq and was flying this B-17G on a mission to Meresburg, Germany on Sept. 13 1944. Just as they reached their IP, another group cut them off and they were forced to make a wide turn. Unfortunately this took them over the Leipzig flak batteries. The lead plane took a hit and exploded. Hank, flying deputy lead that day, slid into the lead position. Almost immediately his plane took a direct hit in the radio room. The radio operator was blown out of the plane, but to his great fortune was wearing his chute and survived. Unfortunately, the ball-turret gunner and one waist gunner were killed. You can see that the right flap is jammed several inches down, and Hank said this made flying the 600 miles or so back to base a real bear. Amazingly, Hank decided they were flying well enough to continue the mission, and he dropped his bombs on a secondary target! On the way home they were attacked by several 109s, but the attacks were half-hearted and fortunately caused no further damage.
Hank finished the war with 30 missions, and I'm happy to report he's still going strong today. He gives tours of the Museum of Flight's B-17F in Seattle. If you're in the area and are interested, let me know!